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January

New York City rebuilds following the Great New York Fire of December 1835
Occupation of Tlemcen, French Algerian Conflict
15th - The Ludwigskanal Project is announced
16th and 17th - Battle of Arlabán, Carlist War


February

23rd to March 6th - Siege of the Alamo, Texas Revolution
26th - The United States forms official diplomatic relations with Austria
27th - Samuel Colt patents the Colt Revolver in America


March

2nd - Texas Declaration of Independence
17th - Japanese Shogun Ienari Tokugawa retires; Ieyoshi Tokugawa named his successor


April

Scott's campaign, Second Seminole War
21st - Battle of San Jacinto, Texas Revolution


May

14th - Peace Treaty signed between the Mexican Empire and the Republic of Texas
26th - U.S. Congress adopts the "Gag Rule"
27th - Austrian Expedition of 1836 sails


June

7th - U.S. Congress passes the Distributive Preemption Act of 1836
15th - Arkansas becomes the 25th U.S. state
20th to 24th - Preliminary meeting, Anglo-American Conference of 1836
28th - Battle of Macta, French Algerian Conflict


July

6th - Battle of Sikkak, French Algerian Conflict


August

21st - Widespread food riots in Japan
22nd - The United States recognizes the Republic of Texas


September

Opening of Jesup's campaign, Second Seminole War
20th - Battle of Vega de San Cristóbal, Carlist War


October

Food riots in Japan worsen; a mob of 40,000 peasants attacks Gunndai
29th - Mexico severs relations with the United States


November

1836 Election, United States of America; Martin Van Buren wins the Presidency
Reorganization of the Interior Ministry in Portugal commences
14th - Belgian-American Trade Agreement announced
23rd - Battle of the Majaceite River, Carlist War
23rd - Portugalete landings, Carlist War


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January

26th - Michigan becomes the 26th U.S. state


February

25th - American Thomas Davenport patents his electromagnetic engine


March

Austria initiates a railway feasibility study
4th - Martin Van Buren inaugurated as the eighth president of the United States


April

20th - Horace Mann becomes secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education


May

Frenchman Louis Daguerre invents the "Daguerreotype" process of photography
6th - French Tariff Act of 1837 lowering duties on American and British imports passes


June

Simeon Poisson's lectures on probability and decision theory published
10th - Museum of France at Versailles opens
12th - Broad Street Riot in Boston, Massachusetts
20th - Death of William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover
20th - Alexandrina Victoria becomes Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland


July

24th to August 18th - UK General Election of 1837; Whig Government of Lord Melbourne wins


August

3rd - Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Austria and Great Britain signed in London
24th - The Paris–Saint-Germain-en-Laye line, France's first railway, opens


September

21st to October 1st - American merchant ship Morrison attempts to enter Japanese ports; it is fired on and driven away
28th - Samuel Morse applies for a patent on the electrical telegraph


October

The General Registery Office of the U.K. begins registering all births, deaths and marriages
2nd to 13th - A major hurricane (Racer's Storm) strikes the American Gulf Coast


November

Queen Victoria moves her official residence from St James's Palace to Buckingham Palace
The London Conference on Belgian independence begins
7th - Murder of Elijah Lovejoy, an abolitionist printer, in Alton, Illinois
9th - The United States Exploring Expedition begins its voyage



December

Canadian Rebellions of 1837
Father Basil Moreau founds the Congregation of Holy Cross in France
Belgium passes a law allowing women and children aged four and older to work
O Banco de Portugal merges with O Banco de Lisboa and Companhia de Confiança Nacional

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January

American Exploring Expedition visits Brazil
5th - U.S. Congress votes to fund Samuel Morse's telegraph
6th - French 1838 Infrastructure Report
27th - Abraham Lincoln speaks at the Young Men's Lyceum in Springfield, IL


February


March

5th - Campaign of the Army of the North opens up in the Carlist War


April

7th - Tebessa captured by French forces


May

American Exploring Expedition visits Chile
Battle of Mechta Debaib el Alfa
17th - Death of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord


June

28th - Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom


July

Relief of Tebessa
4th - Territory of Iowa split off from Wisconsin Territory


August

Al-Mahmudiyah Canal reopens in Egypt
6h - Confrontation at Gallatin, MO, sparks the 1838 Mormon war
10th - Diocese of Algiers established


September

First telegraph line in the world opens between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD
Samuel Morse publicly demonsrates the telegraph with the message "What hath God wrought"
End of the campaign of the Army of the North, Carlist War
1st - Zachary Taylor assumes command of all American forces engaged in the Seminole war


October

First British telegraph line enters service with the Great Western Railway
25th - Texas withdraws its application for statehood


November

6th - United States congressional elections of 1838
27th - Declaration of War on Mexico by France, initiating 'Pastry' War


December

Execution of the the leaders of the Upper and Lower Canadian Rebellions
Blockade of Mexican ports by the French Caribbean fleet
10th - Mirabeau B. Lamar inaugurated as second president of Texas
15th - Swartwout scandal breaks in New York

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January

Ongoing: The Aroostook War
1st - Franco-Anglo Tariff Reduction Agreement
12th - Yoshiatsu Tokugawa becomes the Shogun of Japan
25th - Texas adopts the new "Lone Star" flag
26th - Franco-Belgian Tariff Reduction Agreement


February

Alfred Krupps invents the Spoon Roller
7th - Henry Clay delivers a landmark address on slavery
12th - Baron Meer takes Ager, Carlist War
17th to 19th - Suppression of "Apostolics," Carlist extremists


March

9th - End of the Pastry War between France and Mexico
12th - Treaty of London, establishing Belgian independence, is signed
27th - Oriental Crisis of 1839 begins with Egypt's attack on the Ottoman Empire


April

Convention of Lécera/Segura
Lin Zexu publishes his open letter to Queen Victoria
2nd - Egyptians capture Dortyol
10th - Battle of Ceyhan
16th - Ottoman fleet defects to Alexandria
21st to May 11 - Siege of Adana


May

U.S. Exploring Expedition visits Fiji
Belgium adopts a standardized gauge for railroads
Anglo-Brazilian Trade Agreement of 1839
2nd - Maiden voyage of the SS Archimedes
3rd - Ottomans advance on Antakya
11th - Adana falls to Ibrahim Pasha
15th - Anglo-Belgian Trade Agreement of 1839
18th - British and Austrian forces land on Crete
27th to 29th - Battle of Dortyol


June

Panic of 1839 begins in the United States
Anglo-Swedish Trade Agreement of 1839 signed
Sir Robert Peel becomes the Prime Minister of Great Britain
10th - Battle of the Gulf of Alexandretta
12th - Bombardment of Arsuz harbor
21st - Adana liberated by the Ottomans


July

Kowloon Incident, China
Establishment of the Province of Canada
14th - Battle of Islahiye; Ottoman army annihilated
25th to 30th - Battle of Beirut
27th - James Clark Ross departs on his voyage to explore Antarctica


August

Swedish-Norwegian exploration mission to the South Sandwich Islands departs
4th - Michael Faraday publishes a treatise on electricity
8th - Egypt captures Gaziantep
25th - Amistad affair begins in the U.S.
28th - Ibrahim Pasha retakes Adana
28th to 31st - Eglinton Medieval Tournament in Scotland


September

U.S. Exploring Expedition arrives in Hawaii
Swedish-Norwegian-Danish Alliance announced


October

Anglo-Dutch Trade Agreement of 1839
13th - Belgian parliament votes to improve the national road system
14th - Publicity reform of the Austrian judicial system
19th - Texas capital moved to Austin


November

Postal Reform Act passes in the United Kingdom
Convention on Property and Emigration Taxes between Sweden-Norway and America
1st - Construction on the New York City sewer system begins
11th - The Virginia Military Institute is founded
14th - Treaty of Christiania on Svalbard


December

Prussian Telegraph Manufacturer company is established
4th to 13th - Whig National Convention meets in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17th - Midway Island discovered by the American Exploring Squadron
25th - Death of King Charles XIV & John III of Sweden-Norway

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January

Convention Between the United States of America and Prussia
Convention Between the United States of America and Bavaria
End of the Seminole War in Florida
6th - French Coal Survey of 1839 completed
14th - Sinking of the Steamship Lexington in Long Island Sound
18th - Kairaku-en commissioned in the Mito Domain, Tokugawa Shogunate
20th - Discovery of Adélie Land by Monsieur Dumont D'Urville


February

Beginning of Egyptian Drought of 1840
U.S. Exploring Expedition arrives in Oregon
18th - The U.S. Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act
24th - Executions of the ringleaders of the Newport Rising


March

End of the Oriental Crisis of 1839
French Offensive in Algeria, Saida captured
Administrative Reform of Nicholas I of Russia
Early Russian military actions in Central Asia
9th - The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad, the world's longest railroad, opens for business in North Carolina
10th - Marriage of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
16th - Karachi annexed by the Honourable East India Company


April

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is granted royal status in Great Britain
Washingtonian Temperance Society founded in Baltimore, Maryland
Ottoman Empire introduces banknotes
Ibrahim Pasha arrives back in Egypt


May

Reconstruction of the Royal Exchange in London begins
Construction of the new Palace of Westminster in London begins
Regional reorganization of the Province of Canada
Education reforms of Uvarov and Kiselyov in Russia
The Melnikov Expedition to Western Europe and America
First meeting of the Russian Committee for the Improvement of the Lives of the Peasantry
Financial Reform of George von Cancrin in Russia
Count Karl Nesselrode is appointed as Russian Imperial Chancellor
Austria initiates a study into the benefits of clearing the Danube
Reopening of Alexandria and the Overland Route to India by Egypt
7th - The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi


June

Parliament of Great Britain passes the Royal Dockyard Act
Ottoman Irrigation Projects of the Near East commence
Ottoman Coal Mining Survey near Eregli
6th - Transfer of Saint Barthélemy from Sweden-Norway to Great Britain
7th - Death of King Frederick William III of Prussia
25th-28th - Battle of Chusan, Anglo-Chinese War


July

End of the Carlist War in Spain
Work on the Prussian Infrastructure Project commences
Swedish expedition to Africa begins
19th - Battle of the Barrier, Anglo-Chinese War
21st - The U.S. Congress passes the Independent Treasury Act of 1840


August

Conference of the German States Opens


September

Creation of the Ottoman Sirket-i Hayriye (Auspicious Navigation Company)
Administrative Reform of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
Military Reforms of Ibrahim Pasha
Economic Reforms of Ibrahim Pasha
30th - Napoleon's remains returned to France


October

French Offensive in Algeria, Ain Sefra captured


November

Panama Declares its Independence from New Granada
7th - 1840 Election, United States of America; William Henry Harrison wins the Presidency
21st - Birth of Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa of Great Britain at Buckingham Palace


December

King Frederick William IV visits St. Petersburg
Discussions of a potential Alliance between The Netherlands and Prussia begin
Report of the Parliamentary Commission on the Government of India published
13th - King William I of the Netherlands announces his abdication of the Dutch Throne
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January

Treaty of Athens between Greece and the Russian Empire
Russia announces the creation of its Mediterranean Fleet at Salamis Bay, beginning the Greek Crisis
Prussia begins linking its government ministries in Berlin by telegraph
7th - Second Battle of Chuenpee, Opium War


February

Expansion of the Canton School system in Russia
Russian Siberian and Alaskan exploration mission announced
Committee for the Improvement of the Lives of the Peasantry reports its findings in St. Petersburg
Russia lodges a formal protest with the Austrian government over its concerns about the Greek naval base
3rd - U.S. Navy dispatches gunboats to the Caribbean in the wake of the Panamanian Revolution


March

Russia begins a partial mobilization of its army in response to the Greek Crisis; Austria quickly follows
4th - William Henry Harrison inaugurated as President of the United States
9th - U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of the African slaves in the Amistad case


April

The United Kingdom removes duties on stamps and newspapers
Prussia begins mobilizing its armed forces and calls and emergency international conference in Berlin
King Otto of Greece issues an edict expelling all Russian personnel from his country, charging them with an attempted coup
Austria issues a formal diplomatic protest to Russia
24th - Squire Whipple receives U.S. Patent 2064 for his iron bridge truss design


May

Talks in London between the Russian and British empires; Russia announces potential resolution of the Greek Crisis
8th - U.S. and Panama finalize their treaty of commerce and mutual assistance
31st - Special session of Congress begins in Washington


June

Russian Chancellor Nesselrode arrives in Berlin
British Mediterranean Fleet arrives off Salamis Bay
British House of Lords passes a motion of no confidence in the Conservative Government ; Lord Melbourne becomes Prime Minister
22nd - Texas Santa Fe Expedition departs
22nd - War breaks out between Russia, Austria and Great Britain
26th - Death of Ienari Tokugawa in Japan
28th - France declares war on Russia


July

Karl Nesselrode dismissed as Imperial Chancellor of Russia
Ottomans close the Straits of Constantinople to foreign warships
Return of the Ottoman industrial expedition to the United Kingdom
4th - Americans take control of Alaska from Russia
7th - Battle of Salamis, Greece
20th - Battle of Breslau March, Polish Campaign
22nd - King Leopold and citizens of Belgium celebrate the 10th anniversary of independence
23rd - French Industrialist Group issues its report to the king
25th - Leopold I begins a study of squalor in Belgium's cities
28th-29th - Raid on Kovno (Kaunas)


August

First Institute of Preschool Education (Kindergarten) established in Prussia
6th - U.S. Congress passes the National Banking Act of 1841, reestablishing the BUS
7th-8th - First Battle of Lodz
19th - Battle of the Vistula
23rd-24th - Second Battle of Lodz


September

1st-13th - Szeged Campaign, Hungary
10th-14th - Battle of Wloclawek
20th - Battle of Dabie


October

Dorr "Rebellion" begins in Rhode Island, United States
7th - British take Petropavlovsk


November

5th-13th - Third Battle of Lodz
7th - Creole Affair begins between the United States and Great Britain
9th - Queen Victoria gives birth to Prince Albert Edward at Buckingham Palace
10th - British land at Okhotsk


December

Chemical Society of London established
London Library, the first public library of the city, opens
The British Royal Commission on the State of India reports its findings to Parliament
5th - Battle of Bomarsund, Baltic Sea
5th - Battle of Naama, French Algerian Conflict
7th - William Henry Harrison delivers the annual executive message to Congress
10th - Fall of Bomarsund Fortress to British and Coalition forces
13th - Sam Houston inaugurated as the President of Texas
23rd - U.S. Congress passes the Civil Service Reform Act of 1841

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January

4th - U.S. President William Henry Harrison dies in office; John Tyler succeeds him


February

9th - President Tyler vetoes original Whig tariff bill


March

Commonwealth v. Hunt case legalizes labor unions in America
5th - Mexican troops under Rafael Vásquez appear before San Antonio
10th - U.S. Exploring Expedition returns to New York
23 - President Tyler vetoes second Whig tariff bill; in response, the Whigs expel him from their party


April

11th - American cabinet resigns en masse (excluding Daniel Webster)


May

Boer Republic of Natalia annexed by Great Britain as the colony of Natal
British India begins transition from Company Rule
8th - Versailles rail disaster
10th - Treaty of Vienna ending the War of the Grand Coalition


June

Webster-Ashburton Treaty between Great Britain and the United States of America
End of the Dorr "Rebellion" in Rhode Island
Royal Institution of Mechanical Engineers established in Britain
Establishment of the State Bank of the Russian Empire


July

British Navigation Acts repealed
9th - 1842 Election of French legislature
11th - Cushing mission to China approved
13th - Death of Ferdinand-Philippe of France
30th - President Tyler recognizes Hawaii, extends Monroe Doctrine to Pacific


August

Serfdom abolished in the Russian territories of Siberia and the Far East
Scandinavian-Prussian Trading Company established


September

11th - Mexicans sack San Antonio
18th - Battle at Salado Creek; Dawson Massacre
20th - British General Election
25th - Marriage of Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland to Princess Maria Amélia
28th - Panama Railroad opens
30th - Prussian-American Line Established


October


November

Austrian Serfdom Act of 1842 passed
8th - American Congressional midterm elections


December

Ottoman Education Reforms
7th - Philharmonic Society of New York holds its first concert

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January

Prussian Ministry of Justice begins modernizing its police force
Russian reconstruction program in Poland expands


February

Devon Commission on Ireland makes its report
Russian migration to Siberia begins


March

Prussian Committee of the State formed
One hundredth anniversary of the Academy of Erlangen, Bavaria
1st - France declares war on Morocco and begins an invasion
25th - Thames Tunnel opens in London


April

Construction of the Kananiya and Saklawya Canals, Ottoman Empire
"The Great Migration" to Oregon begins, United States
18th - Battle of Isly, Moroccan War
25th - Princess Alice Maud Mary of Great Britain is born


May

5th - Construction on new artillery foundries in Kagoshima, Japan approved
20th - 1843 Treaty of Vienna on the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire


June

6th - Queensland officially proclaimed a separate Crown Colony
9th - Beginning of the Second Quasi-War
14th - Franco-Austrian Conference on Italy meets


July

Commencement of Construction on the Ruhmeshalle, Bavaria
Second Quasi-War: Russia severs relations with and embargoes Prussia, Austria, France and other countries
2nd - Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the Germanic Custom Union and Austria
3rd - Treaty of Wanghia between the United States and China
23rd - Battle of Alaska Gulf, Second Quasi-War


August

Transfer of the Canadian Red River Colony to Crown rule approved by the British Parliament
Transfer of the HEIC to Crown rule formally takes place
Anglo-French Economic Agreement of 1843
23rd - Battle of Oued M'jer, Moroccan War


September

An unusual odor permeates Brussels for several days, prompting action on public sanitation
Belgium reduces taxes on salt and metals
Prussia begins raising Polish units for the Prussian Army


October

1st - Daniel Webster resigns as U.S. Secretary of State over disputes with President Tyler about Texas


November

25th - 'Iron Rhine' railroad connecting the Ruhr and Antwerp opens


December

Argentina bans slavery
British Royal Mathematical Society established
Portuguese Industrialization Initiative begins

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January

French Industrial Exhibition opens
End of the French Algerian War
Denmark begins a comprehensive road-paving program
Abdication of Bavarian King Ludwig I
3rd - Treaty of Milan between Austria, France and Piedmont-Sardinia
20th - SS Great Western crosses the Atlantic in record time


February




March

1st - Marshal Valee becomes the French Algerian governor-general
12th - United States and Republic of Texas sign the 1844 Texas treaty of annexation
20th - Coronation of King Maximilian II of Bavaria
21st - First end of the world date predicted by William Miller


April

1st - Marriage of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria to Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria


May

1st - Marriage of Princess Hildegard of Bavaria to Archduke Albert of Austria
8th - Beginning of the Philadelphia Nativist Riots


June

1844 Mormon War begins in Illinois
Hungarian Trade Act of 1844 removes duties on Austrian trade
Defeat of the British Education Bill in the House of Commons
8th - U.S. Senate rejects the Texas annexation treaty


July

The Feldherrnhalle is completed in Munich
High Court of St. Petersburg declares that Russian serfs are tied to the land, not to landowners
19th - Launch of the SS Great Britain


August

Silesian Weavers Revolt, Prussia
7th - Birth of Prince Alfred, United Kingdom
15th - Construction on The Bavaria Statue commences
20th - John Tyler withdraws from the 1844 presidential election
30th - Treaty between the United States and the Russian Empire, end of Second Quasi-War


September

6th - Battle of Sidi Abdeljelil, Moroccan War


October

14th - Moroccans retake Rabat
22nd - "The Great Disappointment" occurs, Millerite movement


November




December

U.S. Congress repeals the "Gag Rule"
4th - Democrat James K. Polk wins the 1844 U.S. presidential election
9th - Anson Jones succeeds Sam Houston as the president of Texas

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January

8th - 30th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans
11th - French Marine Nationale Construction and Refitting Act passes


February

2nd - Treaty of Copenhagen between Prussia and Denmark signed
8th - Treaty between the United States and the Austrian Empire signed
10th - French Algerian Colonial Development Act passes
18th - U.S. Congress votes to annex Texas


March

Prussian reforms in Poland
3rd - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state
16th - Metropolitan France Communications and Specialization Act passed


April

A major earthquake strikes Mexico City
15th - Treaty of Nice between France and Piedmont-Sardinia signed


May

Cairo Conference on a potential Suez Canal begins
Battles of Toichubek and Ak-Mechet, Russian Central Asian war
Restoration of Russian-Prussian relations
16th - The Netherlands halts all work on the canal from Amsterdam to Rotterdam


June

A massive potato crop failure strikes Europe
Sweden-Norway passes a bill conferring joint citizenship on all citizens
Relief Bill for Ireland and the Highlands passed
China bans persecution of Christians
5th - Fire in Edo Castle, Japan
8th - Death of Andrew Jackson
30th - Austrian handover of Lombardy to the Italian states


July

Egypt begins constructing new forts along the Nile Delta
4th - The Republic of Texas approves annexation by the United States
11th - Reenactment of the Battle of the Golden Spurs in Belgium
19th - Comprehensive structural reform of the Dutch government begins


August

Royal Navy blockade of Egypt begins, in response to the Cairo talks
U.S. Navy squadron under Commodore Perry arrives in Edo harbor, Japan
25th - Education Bill passes the British Parliament
28th - Rufus M. Porter begins publishing Scientific American


September

2nd - U.S.-Japanese treaty signed aboard the USS Missouri in Edo bay, officially opening Japan
23rd - Formation of the New York Knickerbockers baseball club


October

13th - A popular referendum in Texas approves annexation to the United States
15th - Prussian and allied fleet maneuvers in the North Sea begin
28th - Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Friendship and Commerce signed


November

3rd - Emperor Ninko of Japan falls ill


December

"Window tax" abolished in Britain
Fall of the Mexican Herrera government
29th - Texas is formally admitted as the 28th American state
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